Engineering Manager
Lead two product teams, roughly twelve engineers, and be measured on whether they do their best work rather than on how many tickets closed.
This is a people-first management role that still expects technical credibility. You will not be writing features every day, but you must be able to read a design document and ask the question everyone else missed.
What you will own
- Growth, feedback and career progression for your engineers, including the difficult conversations
- Delivery predictability across two roadmaps, and honest communication when a date will slip
- Hiring, onboarding and retention for your teams
- Engineering practice: review standards, technical debt, incident culture
What we are looking for
- Eight or more years in software, with at least two managing engineers directly
- A track record of people growing under you, which we will ask about in detail
- Enough hands-on background to earn trust from senior engineers
- Skill at managing upward and sideways, not only downward
- Comfort with ambiguity in a services business where client priorities move
If you view management as a craft rather than a promotion, you will fit here.